Michael VanRooyen

Urgent prep work

Humanitarian relief workers and climate scientists gathered in Cambridge this week to discuss the connection between climate change and humanitarian disasters and what relief workers can learn from science.

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Posted in Alvin Powell, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Climate Change, Daniel Schrag, Environments & Sustainability, Global Warming, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University Center for the Environment, HarvardScience, humanitarian relief, Jennifer Leaning, Michael VanRooyen, Natural disaster, prediction | Comments Off

Widespread trauma

Members of the Harvard community responded to the Boston Marathon attacks and offered thoughts about both the physical and mental injuries they caused.

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Posted in Alvin Powell, Arnold Howitt, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, bombing, Boston Marathon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, crisis response, emergency response, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Medical School, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, Michael Miller, Michael VanRooyen, Nicholas Christakis, Pforzheimer House, recovery, Sociology Department, Stephanie Kayden | Comments Off

Toward better aid

Three Harvard specialist draw from field experience in a discussion of the past and future of humanitarian aid.

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Posted in Harvard School of Public Health, Humanitarian Aid, International, Jennifer Leaning, Michael VanRooyen, National & World Affairs, NGO, Parveen Parmar | Comments Off